Upgrading to PHP7.2.2-3 from PHP7.0, MariaDB 10.0.33 from MySQL, Laravel 5.6.4 from 5.5

I've had quite the upgrade parade for the last few hours and the most enjoyable upgrade with the least amount of troubleshooting was the Laravel 5.6 upgrade which I had no idea it was out till today.

Tip: Use debugging, but remember to turn it off. Remember to backup your database, htaccess files, SSL certificates, data, etc.

I spend so much time learning awesome tips from laracasts, that it's good idea to occasionally venture over to read the documentation. It took around 5-7minutes to upgrade Laravel once I had all the requirements. The requirements were a bit of a beating, but at least my install is bleeding edge updated.

Laravel upgrade guide https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/upgrade#upgrade-5.6.0

This article for Ubuntu saved a lot of time. https://searix.solutions/setup-deploy-php-7-2-mariadb-10-2-node-9-4-laravel-composer-and-npm-on-ubuntu-16-04-3-dfdfbe74cc2c